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Maybe you have a dispute with the IRS or expect one. Maybe you don’t welcome the news that the IRS was recently funded with an additional $80 billion to improve enforcement and taxpayer service, and that the IRS will hire 30,000 new employees during the next two years. Tom, with a singular background, can help.
Here are the three primary qualities that a taxpayer, expecting or involved in a dispute with the IRS or U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) tax authorities, should seek out when hiring a tax-dispute lawyer:
A Long Record of First-Chair, Top-Tier Tax-Dispute Accomplishment — Preferably Forged in the Federal-Court “Crucible” and National in Scope.
Judgment Seasoned by a Decade or More of Representing the IRS in Court, and then a Decade or More of Representing Blue-Chip Taxpayers against the IRS. Experience on Both Sides of the Ball.
Integrity- and Expertise-Based Credibility with IRS and U.S. DOJ Tax Authorities, and with Federal Courts.
And if the tax dispute has possible criminal overtones, a fourth quality is critical as well: Criminal-Tax Experience, Preferably as a Federal Prosecutor.
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A Premier, National Stature + A Hyper-Dynamic Washington State Location
Having represented the IRS during the first half of his tax career, and having represented a plethora of blue-chip corporate, non-profit, and individual taxpayers during the second half …
Having first-chaired in court a vast array of complex and mega-dollar civil federal tax cases from coast-to-coast for 40 years at the very highest reaches of the tax profession …
Having tried over 20 cases to a jury verdict, having argued 15 cases to federal courts of appeals (five), and having written and filed hundreds of briefs in court …
Having been a federal prosecutor, with criminal tax and non-tax jury-trial experience …
Having been promoted twice into ascending, competitive-service supervisory positions (GM-15) with the Tax Division of U.S. DOJ in DC …
Having been, for more than a decade, a Tax partner or shareholder (without ever having been a (mere) associate) in two of the nation’s largest and most prestigious international law firms …
Having practiced for 18 years each in the “tax vortices” of DC and Chicago, first-chairing cases worth $3 to $4 billion — and now, since 2019, practicing federal tax law from Redmond/Bellevue, WA …
Having first-chaired $500 to $600 million of federal-court tax cases while practicing at his own solo law firm (started back in 2016) …
Having demonstrated a nimble intellect and thought leadership by publishing extensively in premier national tax and non-tax publications, including three authoritative commercial treatises, across four different decades (1980s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s) …
Having received over twenty coveted, formal awards from his lawyer peers in the “tax vortices” of DC and Illinois, across five different decades (i.e., 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s) … and
Holding a J.D. degree from a leading Big Ten, first-tier law school (where as a student he published an article in the law school’s flagship law journal — an extreme rarity for any student or practitioner) —
With all of this, Thomas D. Sykes may be your best choice to efficiently and effectively resolve your dispute with the IRS. He is not a bankruptcy, “business law,” divorce, estate-planning, probate, real-estate, immigration, or general-practice lawyer who dabbles in tax as needed; rather, he is a lawyer, at the top of his profession, who has focused upon intense federal tax disputes for the last 40+ years.
He will personally handle your dispute, and not hand some or all of it off to a junior partner, an associate, or a paralegal; this eliminates bureaucratic redundancies and fee duplication. His no-frills, quick-study, result-focused, “boutique” law firm offers judgment-informed solutions from energetic Redmond, WA — and emphatically not from Florida, Texas, California, or Michigan. His operating efficiencies allow his hourly rate to be well below the premium rate you would expect for a lawyer of this caliber.
Tom invites you to peruse this data-rich website (including its seven drop-down pages, its five click-on badges, three carousels, and several testimonials) for uncommonly specific details about Tom’s nationwide federal tax-dispute practice, and about his phenomenal, singular legal and tax background and experience. Then maybe use this web page as a checklist for comparisons, and . . .
Maybe Ask: Why Do So Many Other Websites Tell You So Little About Their Lawyers’ Educational Credentials, Experience, Accomplishments, Peer Recognition, and Even Their Lawyers’ Names and Location?
Law Offices of Thomas D. Sykes PLLC
16625 Redmond Way Ste. M #151, Redmond, WA, 98052, US